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des meaning and definition
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Definition of DES (noun)
- a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
- synonyms: diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol
- synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy
- synonyms: diethylstilbesterol, stilbesterol
Source: Princeton University Wordnet